The Five Best Sentences in this Hill Story About Rep. Steve Cohen Calling Cyndi Lauper “Hot”

On Friday afternoon, just under the wire, The Hill has published the Greatest Story of the Week. It concerns Representative Steve Cohen, Democrat of Tennessee, calling Cyndi Lauper “hot” on Twitter—a Tweet that has since been deleted. The piece is but 12 sentences long, but please trust us when we say that narrowing down a mere five for this anthology of the most delightful was almost impossible. Those sentences that made the cut are as follows:

“According to the Sunlight Foundation’s site, Politiwoops, which captures deleted tweets from politicians, Cohen wrote to Lauper: ‘great night, couldn’t believe how hot u were. see you again next Tuesday. Try a little tenderness.’”

“‘While there were a lot of great performers there, I want to put a particular shout-out to Ms. Cyndi Lauper because she’s special,’ he said [on the House floor] of the White House concert.”

“[Cohen] earlier this year tweeted, and subsequently deleted Valentine’s Day messages to a college co-ed on Twitter before revealing the 24-year-old woman was actually his recently revealed secret daughter.”

“In his remarks, Cohen also called Lauper ‘a phenomenal lady.’”

“The 63-year-old congressman, a longtime bachelor, was reportedly in the audience Tuesday for a ‘Memphis Soul’ concert at the White House featuring the entertainer.”